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let me adjust -- it is a burden. >> justice marshall used to call me shorty. that is when he was in a good mood. when he was in a bad mood, he called me knucklehead. sorry. go ahead. >> i have a question regarding your views on women in a man's profession, and how you think it has changed over the years, and how you see the role of women in the future, especially having a number of women on the supreme court and a lot more women involved in the profession in general. >> i do think it has changed enormously, and it has changed enormously for the better. i am reminded of this all the time. there are four women justices, four women who have served as justices of the supreme court. it is two of one generation and two of another generation. justice o'connor and justice ginsburg, and then there is a real gap between justice ginsburg and justice sotomayor and me. it is probably about a 20-year gap, or a 25-year gap, between those two and the next two. when you think about the careers that they had, and the obstacles they had to surmount, and then you think about the
let me adjust -- it is a burden. >> justice marshall used to call me shorty. that is when he was in a good mood. when he was in a bad mood, he called me knucklehead. sorry. go ahead. >> i have a question regarding your views on women in a man's profession, and how you think it has changed over the years, and how you see the role of women in the future, especially having a number of women on the supreme court and a lot more women involved in the profession in general. >> i do...
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it is a bunch of me, me, me. something that jumps out at me is kennedy has that line of what you told your fund-raisers and what you said on national television, which is exactly the issue that got him in trouble with the tape of the 47%. >> you pointed out you never want to give your opponent an opening. did that happen in that exchange? >> i think what really happened in that exchange between the two of them is that kennedy was able to shift his answer he was giving back to the ground he wanted. he really did not give a direct answer to what romney was saying. romney was fairly forceful in making the points he was making. kennedy did not really respond to those until the very last part of his answers. i think it is also pretty interesting that one of the things kennedy did was to remind people of the high price the kennedys had paid for their service, which was a pretty decent emotional appeal in some ways. it is reminiscent of one of the comments he made at the end of his televised speech after the incidents w
it is a bunch of me, me, me. something that jumps out at me is kennedy has that line of what you told your fund-raisers and what you said on national television, which is exactly the issue that got him in trouble with the tape of the 47%. >> you pointed out you never want to give your opponent an opening. did that happen in that exchange? >> i think what really happened in that exchange between the two of them is that kennedy was able to shift his answer he was giving back to the...
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host: let me get in one more race. one of the top race that people are watching and that's utah fourth district. again from this political blog from the san francisco chronical. you say jim is at risk only democratic in congress to lose because of mitt romney's coat tails. guest: this is the most republican district in the country with the democrat representing it. his name and representation and job approval is rock solid. host: who is mia love? guest: fantastic candidate. small town mayor. doing a great job and we currently have a lead in this race. i .... host: i've got to cut you off because we are running out of time. 30 seconds if you could or less. guest: i agree with the caller inasmuch as there are special interests here. through the superpacks' last cycle. the tea party wave came in. it is going out. we are going to pick up a bunch of seats. guest: i think this focuses on the $800 billion stimulus that allowed a.i.g., corporate executives to get bonuses. the fact is as you look across there is a very clear id
host: let me get in one more race. one of the top race that people are watching and that's utah fourth district. again from this political blog from the san francisco chronical. you say jim is at risk only democratic in congress to lose because of mitt romney's coat tails. guest: this is the most republican district in the country with the democrat representing it. his name and representation and job approval is rock solid. host: who is mia love? guest: fantastic candidate. small town mayor....
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let me be clear. i will support no budget that will reduce our benefits for social security or medicare. >> the question is about increasing payroll taxes to support social security in the future. >> i'm going to get to your answer. i believe we're going to have to reform social security and medicare in order that it will continue to be available for generations to come. however, i believe we have to sit in a bipartisan way in congress the issues on the table and address those things that are going to be put into place to save and preserve social security and medicare for the future. we will do that in a bipartisan way. we will have scored and see with the financial impact of that are. we all agree it cannot sustain itself the way it is bidding, however, we also know we have to work together to make sure we can devise a plan that is going to work. >> are you interested in raising the payroll tax to support social security? >> i'm going to sit in a bipartisan commission and congress to work with all me
let me be clear. i will support no budget that will reduce our benefits for social security or medicare. >> the question is about increasing payroll taxes to support social security in the future. >> i'm going to get to your answer. i believe we're going to have to reform social security and medicare in order that it will continue to be available for generations to come. however, i believe we have to sit in a bipartisan way in congress the issues on the table and address those...
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it amazes me. you have an ambassador who served under political administrations of both parties who could care less about which party, and yet they made statements that were inflammatory and subject to questions about their authenticity. all they want to do was grandstand. i heard very few questions trying to figure out what went wrong. it was all about, and we got you now, it is political season. that is what i got from it. host: at over four hours, we will give you a chance to see it all again tonight at 9:00. we will show you a portion of today's hearing on c-span. washington is next on independent line. >> i totally disagree with the previous comment from the democratic line. i am a retired navy wife and after 9/11 in 2001, my five- year-old watched the second plane hit. we have been told to be vigilant. we are to be watchful, and be prepared for anything that can happen close or around 9/11. i am absolutely appalled she would have the audacity to put up publicly that she took people away the w
it amazes me. you have an ambassador who served under political administrations of both parties who could care less about which party, and yet they made statements that were inflammatory and subject to questions about their authenticity. all they want to do was grandstand. i heard very few questions trying to figure out what went wrong. it was all about, and we got you now, it is political season. that is what i got from it. host: at over four hours, we will give you a chance to see it all...
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argue with me? -- argue with me? -- are you with me? when you look at the chinese and see how bright they are, and they have a huge population, 1.2 billion. that is a giant population. we have 310 million. the sheer size of their population, it is interesting they are getting the best- educated people because of a number of symbols you have to learn about all these other things, and we know what we have to do. we just do not do it. my advice would be, if i have an opportunity, let's quit talking about it and just do it. >> you had said when you were comptroller general tried to call attention to this problem, the problem of running deficits and accumulating greater debt, that the country had a budget deficit, a trade deficit, a balance of payments deficit, and the fourth one you brought up was a leadership deficit. >> leadership is the greatest. >> can i ask you both, describe what is the problem with what appears to be in your mind a leadership deficit, that we're not getting the leadership on this key issue either from this president
argue with me? -- argue with me? -- are you with me? when you look at the chinese and see how bright they are, and they have a huge population, 1.2 billion. that is a giant population. we have 310 million. the sheer size of their population, it is interesting they are getting the best- educated people because of a number of symbols you have to learn about all these other things, and we know what we have to do. we just do not do it. my advice would be, if i have an opportunity, let's quit...
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that is what it is about for me. i am asking for your vote so that together we can build a real future for all of our children and grandchildren. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. i have about 15 seconds to say thank you for the springfield public form, all of the members for making this possible, a great big thanks to a senator scott brown and to elizabeth warren for coming and spending time with us. it does not matter what you did tonight. if you do not get out and vote november 6. thank you for watching. >> the final debate between senator brown and elizabeth warren. c-span is bringing you live house and senate debates from around the country. it is all part of our campaign 2012 coverage. live on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. get live updates on twitter or find us on facebook. watch the vice-presidential debate tonight -- tomorrow night. watch and in days. coming up next, live coverage of the arizona senate debate between rep jeff flake and challenger richard carmona. that will be followed by the
that is what it is about for me. i am asking for your vote so that together we can build a real future for all of our children and grandchildren. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. i have about 15 seconds to say thank you for the springfield public form, all of the members for making this possible, a great big thanks to a senator scott brown and to elizabeth warren for coming and spending time with us. it does not matter what you did tonight. if you do not get out and vote...
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they gave me a bunch of ex navy captains, i used to say don't tell me your problems, tell me the solutions. you articulate the problems extraordinarily well. what would you do if you were in charge? that is the crux of where we go. because we cannot stop technology and. war is war. i will not even begin to tell the difference from 11 years ago to today. >> 3 solutions and one of the practical and other security and other legal. the practical solution, in terms of u.s. operations in the places we are doing drones, have to have visibility on the ground. we have to know our local partners are and they have to know the and we have to know who are local adversaries are and have the tools to distinguish them from one another. not every person with a flashy car and a turban is al qaeda. you cannot fight a war by remote control. so that's a practical solution. from a legal standpoint, if we are or about proliferation of the technology, we have a number of tools that we used to prevent the proliferation of all kinds of dangerous technology with an agreement or nuclear materials with the nonprolifer
they gave me a bunch of ex navy captains, i used to say don't tell me your problems, tell me the solutions. you articulate the problems extraordinarily well. what would you do if you were in charge? that is the crux of where we go. because we cannot stop technology and. war is war. i will not even begin to tell the difference from 11 years ago to today. >> 3 solutions and one of the practical and other security and other legal. the practical solution, in terms of u.s. operations in the...
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let me tell you, i have been to nevada in line. you guys may get tired of me. but as i travel around the state, i don't see a lot of the victims. i see a lot of hard-working nevadans. [applause] i see students trying to work their way through school. i see single moms trying to put in overtime to raise their kids. i see senior citizens who saved all their lives because they worked all their lives to earn their time. i see veterans who served this country bravely. i see soldiers to defend our freedom today -- who defend our freedom today. we don't believe anybody is entitled to success. we don't believe government should help people who are not trying to help themselves. but we do believe in something called opportunity. we believe that hard work should pay off in this country, responsibility should be rewarded in this country, that this is a country where everybody should get a fair shot and everybody should do their fair share and everybody is playing by the same rules. we believe in an america where no matter what you look like or where you come from, what yo
let me tell you, i have been to nevada in line. you guys may get tired of me. but as i travel around the state, i don't see a lot of the victims. i see a lot of hard-working nevadans. [applause] i see students trying to work their way through school. i see single moms trying to put in overtime to raise their kids. i see senior citizens who saved all their lives because they worked all their lives to earn their time. i see veterans who served this country bravely. i see soldiers to defend our...
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you have to be yourself in addition to not being obama. >> let me explain. a lot of you do not know who stuart stevens is. he is a republican strategist from mississippi. he was a hollywood writer. he used to write "northern exposure." he has written a couple of books on eating in restaurants in europe. he took steroids at one point tuesday the affect it would have on his ability to do extreme sports. he has done in turn cycling. he is an interesting guy. he was first among equals in the romney campaign for a long time. espouse his theory that this is anna election on the economy. all we have to do is be the other guy. there was frustration in the campaign post-nomination as a seemed not to work as well. romney fell further behind. with all due respect for mike, the family into riches story -- intervention story is oversold. there has been a change. stevens is still important. his star is being eclipsed. ed gillespie's star is rising. he is taking a more conventional route of a choice election. >> what will the president do differently? how will romney prepa
you have to be yourself in addition to not being obama. >> let me explain. a lot of you do not know who stuart stevens is. he is a republican strategist from mississippi. he was a hollywood writer. he used to write "northern exposure." he has written a couple of books on eating in restaurants in europe. he took steroids at one point tuesday the affect it would have on his ability to do extreme sports. he has done in turn cycling. he is an interesting guy. he was first among...
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[applause] >> excuse me. this will be out of my time and not yours -- knowing the people of this city and knowing their restraint and diffidence about a motion, i beseech you, try to hold your applause, please. i'm sorry. >> i have to correct in my 30 seconds that are left the, the vice-president made with reference specifically to a program like afdc. if you take afdc, food stamps, those are programs that have suffered under this administration. first budget cuts and those are the ones -- in the second part of their term, we were able to restore some of this terribly unfair cuts to poor people in this country. >> by president bush? >> maybe we can't -- vice president bush. >> maybe we should ask the factual -- spending for food stamps is way up under the head -- under the reagan at the station. afdc is up under the reagan administration and not going to be found wrong on that. i'm sure of my facts. we are trying to help and i think we're doing a reasonable job. but we are not going to rest until every single
[applause] >> excuse me. this will be out of my time and not yours -- knowing the people of this city and knowing their restraint and diffidence about a motion, i beseech you, try to hold your applause, please. i'm sorry. >> i have to correct in my 30 seconds that are left the, the vice-president made with reference specifically to a program like afdc. if you take afdc, food stamps, those are programs that have suffered under this administration. first budget cuts and those are the...
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trust me. secondly, i do not think these skirmishes over in the middle east area and in africa have anything to do with the american people as far as us knowing what is going on. too much information and false information is what starts the 9/11 was a hoax thing. the republican party needs to pipe down because they make us look like idiots on a global scale. guest: that is an interesting perspective for someone that surge in the military. -- served in the military. one issue the democrats have used to some effect is that romney's proposed increases in defense spending are not supported by the military. he is in some cases asking for spending the military has not asked for. the defense budget is the only part of the budget that comes off of capitol hill with more money in it than the rest of the budget. but there is often seen an advantage in boosting military spending. host: from twitter -- president obama does not seem to realize the the military strongly supporting mitt romney. obama is out o
trust me. secondly, i do not think these skirmishes over in the middle east area and in africa have anything to do with the american people as far as us knowing what is going on. too much information and false information is what starts the 9/11 was a hoax thing. the republican party needs to pipe down because they make us look like idiots on a global scale. guest: that is an interesting perspective for someone that surge in the military. -- served in the military. one issue the democrats have...
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thank you for having me. why i am voting for mitt romney is, first of all, the jobless rate today is higher than the standard that obama set for himself and that he wanted to have by today. he was saying he wanted a jobless rate lower than 5.5% by today. but i also have a personal stake in this. my husband, a union carpenter, has been out of work for more than four years now. he is a carpenter in the greater boston area. and dropping out of the job market is not a sign of success. president obama is wrong. people are in despair. that 7.8% should not be construed as any type of victory, even a small one. it is still higher than when he took office. this is an untenable. we cannot have another four years of this. host: thank you for your call. checking back to our twitter screen -- and host: a couple more calls here. again, we're waiting to hear from mitt romney in virginia. a democrat in california. caller: good morning. yes, i am from california. i am calling in to indicate that i am so happy -- when i woke u
thank you for having me. why i am voting for mitt romney is, first of all, the jobless rate today is higher than the standard that obama set for himself and that he wanted to have by today. he was saying he wanted a jobless rate lower than 5.5% by today. but i also have a personal stake in this. my husband, a union carpenter, has been out of work for more than four years now. he is a carpenter in the greater boston area. and dropping out of the job market is not a sign of success. president...
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but me tell you why. we, as americans, we brief freer air, we live freer lives, we have more opportunity from the day we are born than anyone else on the face of the planet. other countries have tried to copy us, but nobody has been able to duplicate the united states of america. it is because of those freedoms we have in the bill of rights in our constitution. the united states of america is the greatest achievement in freedom. we are also the first country founded not on a race, not out of royalty, but on a set of a god-given in eligible rights and freedoms. i look out tonight that you. i know you are about citizenship, patriotism, core american values. i feel a bond of the fabric that keeps this country free. i know every single one of you here tonight police in the unique benefits of american freedom? we believe our freedoms make a stronger. you believe our freedoms think as better. you believe our way of life is better parity believe our second amendment makes us better. you are not free if you canno
but me tell you why. we, as americans, we brief freer air, we live freer lives, we have more opportunity from the day we are born than anyone else on the face of the planet. other countries have tried to copy us, but nobody has been able to duplicate the united states of america. it is because of those freedoms we have in the bill of rights in our constitution. the united states of america is the greatest achievement in freedom. we are also the first country founded not on a race, not out of...
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let me ask one more question. everybody has talked about this in some context, but i want to ask specifically of each of the panelists before we go, what is the best possible, possible outcome of the next few months? >> i think largely out of necessity, the outcomes are extend current policy past the end of the year. a short-term increase in the debt limit to get you to summer and a deal. that's an imperative for the united states, and i think that is what we will get. >> the best possible outcome as we get past the election. i think we will get past the election. and even if we don't get anything done in the lame-duck, that we are able to only temporarily kick the can down the road and only temporarily extend these policies that we don't want to take effect and put into place early next year greater budget discipline for the future and that commitment to at least a framework of a deficit reduction package that has hope of getting bipartisan support. >> avoid the recession, the same one -- find a way to increase t
let me ask one more question. everybody has talked about this in some context, but i want to ask specifically of each of the panelists before we go, what is the best possible, possible outcome of the next few months? >> i think largely out of necessity, the outcomes are extend current policy past the end of the year. a short-term increase in the debt limit to get you to summer and a deal. that's an imperative for the united states, and i think that is what we will get. >> the best...
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excuse me. i'm not listed in your classroom. please let me respond. [cheers and boos] with regard to the jobs bill, it was rejected in a bipartisan matter. they raised over $450 million in new taxes. in the unemployment benefits, there was no one that lost. my mom was on welfare. i remember it being there as a safety net for people. we also try to find a way to pay for it. professor warren would have voted against it because we had a compromise that the president put forth and she said she would not have supported the compromise by the only extending the tax policy that has been in place for 10 years, but also to the unemployment benefits that we had feared she would have voted against that because she wanted to raise taxes on some of the folks with in that bracket. we actually did it. no one lost any benefits. i was proud to vote for the bill. as you know, when you are in washington, you have to go back and forth and negotiate final solution to the bill. >> let me extend this period there will be more discussion about how to create the jobs. i want t
excuse me. i'm not listed in your classroom. please let me respond. [cheers and boos] with regard to the jobs bill, it was rejected in a bipartisan matter. they raised over $450 million in new taxes. in the unemployment benefits, there was no one that lost. my mom was on welfare. i remember it being there as a safety net for people. we also try to find a way to pay for it. professor warren would have voted against it because we had a compromise that the president put forth and she said she...
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your question was about me. why? i will tell you why, i have worked across the line time and time again. whether it's to get capital available for small businesses. whether it's to delist wolves, work with mike simpson representative out of idaho. making sure banking regulation fit america. i will continue to work with people and honest fair way. that is the way we do in montana, truthfully talking about the to challenges out there. we will come together. i have confidence after the election, we will come to an agreement. democrats and republicans. good ideas, both sides of the aisle. that's how this problem will be solved with the fiscal cliff. >> representative rehberg, one minute. >> i am terribly disappointed with my efforts with the farm bill. i have done everything i could to move it forward. it did not come out of committee. that is why i oppose president bush, that's why i voted against the ryan budget. i didn't think it protected medicare enough. i worked across the aisle. i were to build a caucused with a l
your question was about me. why? i will tell you why, i have worked across the line time and time again. whether it's to get capital available for small businesses. whether it's to delist wolves, work with mike simpson representative out of idaho. making sure banking regulation fit america. i will continue to work with people and honest fair way. that is the way we do in montana, truthfully talking about the to challenges out there. we will come together. i have confidence after the election,...
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and, justice alito, in answer to your question whether -- >> excuse me. excuse me. do you mean that the courts -- in those areas where you acknowledge the statute applies, that the courts will not apply doctrines of exhaustion, of, you know, comity, of the appropriateness of bringing the action here? of course they will, won't they. >> they're not always applied, justice scalia. and if so, it sometimes takes many years before they happen. and the state department is not always listened to. in the south african apartheid case, not only did the state department seek to protest the action, but the government of south africa filed a letter, aps of bringing and the district court ignored both. >> well, we should fix that then. here, right? the question here is -- is the diffe1rent one of whether you ever get to the exhaustion question. >> correct. >> and if you go back to the reverse marbois, you said congress didn't speak, but i think what we said in sosa is that congress did speak, that congress was referring to exactly that kind of tort when it passed the alien tort s
and, justice alito, in answer to your question whether -- >> excuse me. excuse me. do you mean that the courts -- in those areas where you acknowledge the statute applies, that the courts will not apply doctrines of exhaustion, of, you know, comity, of the appropriateness of bringing the action here? of course they will, won't they. >> they're not always applied, justice scalia. and if so, it sometimes takes many years before they happen. and the state department is not always...
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just give me the scoop and tell me where you think you can take us. that is where i think there is an opportunity in the weeks remaining. i believe that governor romney has that capacity to deliver that level of sincerity and direction. but let me quickly addressed that. the republicans had a candidate doing that in the primary. that is different. if you look at governor romney's problems, think it goes back to two numbers. he is just trying to do what is necessary for him to be elected. there is some of that lack of sincerity. the other number is the 47% that we have heard so much about. i think he went into this with a tin ear because he was not around regular people that much. the campaign has hopefully allow him to better tune and to that. he does has to look presidential and able, and that get him started. then he is going to have to reach into himself and think about the people he has met on the campaign over the last few months and really talk about what he feels about them. then you have to make some structural changes. they are going to have
just give me the scoop and tell me where you think you can take us. that is where i think there is an opportunity in the weeks remaining. i believe that governor romney has that capacity to deliver that level of sincerity and direction. but let me quickly addressed that. the republicans had a candidate doing that in the primary. that is different. if you look at governor romney's problems, think it goes back to two numbers. he is just trying to do what is necessary for him to be elected. there...
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me. host: that was rich in maryland. some more tweets -- host: minute in new hampshire on our republican . what did you think? caller: mitt romney gave us a lot more hope than we have had in the last four years. as far as his foreign policy, he at least has gone to in this -- israel, unlike our current president, who decided to make a telephone call to the prime minister. i feel mitt romney has the qualifications. he has led. he has run a business. romney was -- i am sorry, i mean, obama was a community organizer. he did not get vetted proper light, and i feel romney has done more than being vetted, and i pray for our country and for the republicans this year, thank you again. host: this is john in wisconsin on air democrats line. hi. caller: jeez, what a debacle. six weeks ago he was saying that russia was our number one foreign policy emanate, and now he is talking about everything but. this guy has more bases than sybil. he was talking in libya, it was mission creep. now he is advocati
me. host: that was rich in maryland. some more tweets -- host: minute in new hampshire on our republican . what did you think? caller: mitt romney gave us a lot more hope than we have had in the last four years. as far as his foreign policy, he at least has gone to in this -- israel, unlike our current president, who decided to make a telephone call to the prime minister. i feel mitt romney has the qualifications. he has led. he has run a business. romney was -- i am sorry, i mean, obama was a...
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show me something. show me a policy where you take responsibility. by the way, they talk about this great recession like it fell out of the sky. i was there. we cannot afford that. all of a sudden, these guys are so seized with the concern about the debt. >> let's not forget that they came in with one-party control. when barack obama was elected, his party controlled everything. they had the ability to do everything of their choosing. they passed the stimulus. the idea that we could borrow $831 billion and spend it on all of these special interest groups and would work out just fine. they said if we just passed the stimulus, the economy would grow at 4%. it is growing at 1.3%. >> when could you get below 6%? >> that is what our entire premise is about. look at the $90 billion in stimulus. the vice-president was in charge of overseeing this. $90 billion to campaign contributors and special interest groups. the department of energy, over 100 criminal investigations. >> an investigative committees spent months and months. they found no evidence of crony
show me something. show me a policy where you take responsibility. by the way, they talk about this great recession like it fell out of the sky. i was there. we cannot afford that. all of a sudden, these guys are so seized with the concern about the debt. >> let's not forget that they came in with one-party control. when barack obama was elected, his party controlled everything. they had the ability to do everything of their choosing. they passed the stimulus. the idea that we could...
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i think that would be a mistake. >> let me come back to that point. >> excuse me. just so everybody understands now, we are way over our first 15 minutes. >> it's ok. that's good. >> we're still on the economy. we're going to come back to taxes. we want to move onto the deficit and a lot of other things, too. go ahead. >> you bet. mr. president, you are right. with regard to 97% of the businesses are not taxed at the 35% tax rate, they are taxed at a lower rate. but those businesses in the last 3% of businesses happen to employ half of all the people who work in small business. those are the businesses that employ one quarter of all the workers in america. your plan is to take their tax rate from 35% to 40%. now, i talked to a guy who has a very small business. he is in the electronics business in st. louis. he has 40 employees. he said he calculates how much they pay in taxes. state income tax, state sales tax, gasoline tax. it added up to well over 50% of what they earn. your plan is to take the tax rate on successful small businesses from 35% to 40%. the nationa
i think that would be a mistake. >> let me come back to that point. >> excuse me. just so everybody understands now, we are way over our first 15 minutes. >> it's ok. that's good. >> we're still on the economy. we're going to come back to taxes. we want to move onto the deficit and a lot of other things, too. go ahead. >> you bet. mr. president, you are right. with regard to 97% of the businesses are not taxed at the 35% tax rate, they are taxed at a lower rate....
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please keep me mlion dollars. that is a hard thing for me to ask for. it is not a common thing. can i have $250 for some charity? yes. $1 million? that is a tough conversation. so that is the way that it happens. in terms of the beginning and how it has grown a beard since then, priorities usa has become very successful in terms of raising money. more importantly, priorities has been an to start this superpac and begin the process of trying to help barack obama get important part of setting the agenda, in part for the presidential campaign. i will show you an ad that we did that i think has a lot of influence, the subjects had a lot of influence. if we could call up the ads. i want to show you an ad that priorities put together. it will be the one on the left. not that one. as maggie said -- if you could hold it for one second -- as maggie said, i served as one of the pollsters for perris usa. i knew the polling and research along with the talented geoff garin. two of us do our polling for our respective firms. my firm also serves as a digital advertising, meaning that we advert
please keep me mlion dollars. that is a hard thing for me to ask for. it is not a common thing. can i have $250 for some charity? yes. $1 million? that is a tough conversation. so that is the way that it happens. in terms of the beginning and how it has grown a beard since then, priorities usa has become very successful in terms of raising money. more importantly, priorities has been an to start this superpac and begin the process of trying to help barack obama get important part of setting the...